In their late night sojourn on the Kleinsasser property to get a soil sample as proof of what the Kleinsassers have been doing, Jenny, Cassie and Gil are forced to split up as their presence on the property has been detected. In the bright of the next morning, only one of the three is still able to leave the property on her own steam and her own will. She has to discover what has happened to the other two to rescue them before the Kleinsassers inevitably kill them in needing to hide their activities. Internally, the Kleinsassers are growing increasingly fractured as Cheyenne, in wanting to protect her and her mother's future, takes more and more risks in standing up to her father and her surviving brothers, especially John Wayne. Meanwhile, Ronald is trying to hide his activities in the woods from Scarlet and Phoebe, while Scarlet divulges some secrets of her own that irrevocably alter their relationship. Through it all, Mark, Jerrie and Denise believe they have lead on Scarlet and therefore Ronald's whereabouts. While Mark follows up on those leads on his own, Jerrie is determined to be an integral part of Ronald's end especially as she believes she knows him better than anyone else.
—Huggo